- General information
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Composition date:
1996
- Duration: 48 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Opus: 176
- Commission: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, pour son 50e anniversaire
- Dedication: The memory of George Mackay Brown
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Composition date:
1996
- Type
- Instrumental ensemble music [Orchestral music]
Detailed formation
- piccolo, 2 flutes (also 1 alto flute), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 5 percussions, celesta, harp, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
22 June 1996
Location:Royaume-Uni, Orcades, Kirkwall, Phœnix Cinema
Performers:Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, direction.